Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Constantine L. Trela, Jr. , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff-cross-appellant. Also represented by Robert N. Hochman ; Benjamin Beaton , Joshua John Fougere , Washington, DC; Timothy Colin Meece , Bryan Medlock, Jr. , Audra C. Eidem Heinze , Jason S. Shull , Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Chicago, IL; Steven B. Loy , Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP, Lexington, KY.
Edward F. O'Connor , Avyno Law, P.C., Encino, CA, argued for defendant-appellant. Also represented by Jennifer Herbst Hamilton .
Andrew J. Pincus , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, argued for amici curiae LG Electronics, Inc., Dell Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corporation, L Brands Inc., Newegg Inc., Ninestar Image Tech Limited, QVC, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SAS Institute, Inc., Xilinx, Inc. Also represented by Jamie B. Beaber , Kfir Levy , Paul Whitfield Hughes ; James Suh , LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, Korea; Matthew R. Hulse , Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA.
Melissa N. Patterson , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for amicus curiae United States. Also represented by Benjamin C. Mizer , Mark R. Freeman .
Barbara A. Fiacco , Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, argued for amici curiae Biotechnology Industry Organization, CropLife International. Also represented by Sarah S. Burg .
Margreth Barrett, University of California-Hastings College of Law, The Sea Ranch, CA, as amicus curiae pro se.
Frederick M. Abbott, Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, FL, as amicus curiae pro se.
Kristin Leigh Yohannan Moore , Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae American Intellectual Property Law Association. Also represented by Tihua Huang ; Lisa K. Jorgenson , American Intellectual Property Law Association, Arlington, VA.
Meenakshi Kala Sarvaiya , SoCal IP Law Group LLP, Westlake Village, CA, for amicus curiae Conejo Valley Bar Association. Also represented by Steven C. Sereboff .
Noah Leibowitz , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Also represented by Walter E. Hanley, Jr. , Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, New York, NY; David F. Ryan , Croton-On-Hudson, NY.
Charles Duan , Public Knowledge, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Public Knowledge, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Open Source Hardware Association, Digital Right to Repair Coalition, Public Citizen, Inc. Also represented by Mohammed Raza Panjwani , Sherwin Siy ; Vera Ranieri , Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
Peter James Wied , Lee Tran Liang & Wang LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amici curiae Quanta Computer, Inc., Acer, Inc. Also represented by Vincent K. Yip .
John R. Alison III , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae HTC Corp., HTC America, Inc. Also represented by Owais Ahmed Siddiqui , San Diego, CA; Gino Cheng , Los Angeles, CA.
Charles Lifland , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae SK Hynix Inc. Also represented by Susan Roeder , Susan Van Keulen , Menlo Park, CA.
James R. Klaiber , Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Also represented by Timothy P. Heaton , Troutman Sanders LLP, New York, NY; Aaron Ligoury Joseph Pereira , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, New York, NY.
Steven A. Hirsch , Keker & Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae SanDisk Corporation. Also represented by Christa M. Anderson , Robert A. Van Nest , Leo L. Lam .
Robert T. Haslam , Covington & Burling LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for amicus curiae Texas Instruments, Inc. Also represented by Nathan Shaffer ; Ranganath Sudarshan , Washington, DC.
Matthew J. Moore , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Costco Wholesale Corp., Retail Litigation Center, Inc. Also represented by James Scott Ballenger , Melissa Arbus Sherry .
Phillip R. Malone , Stanford Law School, Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic, Mills Legal Clinic, Stanford, CA, for amici curiae American Antitrust Institute, Jeremy W. Bock, Esq., Irene Calboli, Michael A. Carrier, Andrew Chin, Samuel Ernst, Shubha Ghosh, Ariel Katz, Mark A. Lemley, Yvette Joy Liebesman, Brian J. Love, Mark P. McKenna, Michael J. Meurer, Tyler T. Ochoa, Mark R. Patterson, Esq., Aaron Perzanowski, John A. Rothchild, Pamela Samuelson, Sharon K. Sandeen, Kurt M. Saunders, Christopher B. Seaman, Katherine J. Strandburg, Jennifer M. Urban, Esq., Ryan Vacca, Sarah R. Wasserman-Rajec. Also represented by Jeffrey Theodore Pearlman .
Robert Anthony Surrette , McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae Association of Medical Device Reprocessors. Also represented by Christopher M. Scharff .
William Douglas Kari , Arbitech, LLC, Irvine, CA, for amici curiae Association of Service and Computer Dealers International, Inc., Owners' Rights Initiative.
Matthew A. Levy , Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Computer & Communications Industry Association.
Daniel Stringfield , Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae Licensing Executive Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. Also represented by Katherine H. Johnson ; Brian P. O'Shaughnessy , Ratner Prestia, Washington, DC.
Merritt Blakeslee , The Blakeslee Law Firm, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Recycling Times Media Corporation.
Mark Schonfeld , Burns & Levinson, LLP, Boston, MA, for amicus curiae Imaging Supplies Coalition. Also represented by Sara Beccia .
Garrard R. Beeney , Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Also represented by Adam R. Brebner .
Robert P. Taylor , Arnold & Porter, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae Intellectual Property Owners Association. Also represented by Herbert Clare Wamsley, Jr. , Intellectual Property Owners Association, Washington, DC; Kevin H. Rhodes , 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN; Philip Staton Johnson , Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ.
John D. Haynes , Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, for amici curiae Nokia Technologies OY, Nokia USA Inc.
Kathi A. Cover , iBiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD, for amicus curiae iBiquity Digital Corporation.
Joseph S. Cianfrani , Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, Irvine, CA, for amicus curiae Medical Device Manufacturers Association. Also represented by Kent N. Shum .
Roger Brooks , Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Qualcomm Incorporated. Also represented by David J. Kappos .
John Nilsson , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Also represented by Kristan Lynn Lansbery , Samuel Drezdzon ; Willow White Noonan , San Francisco, CA.
Theodore Lawrence Field, South Texas College of Law, Houston, TX, as amicus curiae pro se.
David S. Steuer , Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Palo Alto, CA, for amicus curiae InterDigital, Inc. Also represented by Michael Brett Levin , Maura L. Rees .
Seth David Greenstein , Constantine Cannon LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae International Imaging Technology Council, Auto Care Association, Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association.
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TARANTO, in which Chief Judge PROST and Circuit Judges NEWMAN, LOURIE, MOORE, O'MALLEY, REYNA, WALLACH, CHEN, and STOLL join. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge DYK, in which Circuit Judge HUGHES joins.
